Hooker Chemical pollution cleanup comment period extended

For the second time, state officials have pushed back the deadline for the public to comment on how extensively Occidental Chemical should be required to clean up a polluted Tideflats site.

The Department of Ecology will accept public input until June 26 on plans to clean up toxic chemicals around the former Hooker Chemical plant on the Hylebos Waterway. The extension was announced Thursday, which had been the deadline for comments. The extension was granted at the request of the Puyallup Tribe of Indians, according to an Ecology press release.

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Questions or comments about the cleanup options described on the Ecology Department’s webpage about the pollution can be submitted to site manager Kerry Graber via email at kerry.graber@ecy.wa.gov or by mail to P.O. Box 47775, Olympia, WA 98504-7775.